Chilwell the sixth Chelsea player sold to Strasbourg this summer

Ben Chilwell, a Chelsea defender, has left for a partner club in Strasbourg, but Raheem Sterling and Axel Disasi’s futures are still uncertain.

Chilwell has agreed to a two-year contract extension with the French club, which also includes Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital, with the exception of his Blues deal, which has two years left.

Chilwell is Chelsea’s sixth player to leave for Strasbourg this summer.

Mike Penders and Kendry Paez, both of whom are currently on loan at the BlueCo-owned Ligue 1, have made the move.

In the first few months of the summer, Mamadou Sarr made a permanent move to Stamford Bridge before making a loan move back to the French side following the Club World Cup.

In addition to the three loanees, Strasbourg has signed Chelsea academy players Mathis Amougou and Ishe Samuels-Smith for about $6.5 million.

Only a permanent deal was possible for Chilwell because of Fifa’s loan regulations, which prohibit a club from transferring more than three players to the same club in a single season.

As long as the price reflects fair market value, there is no law prohibiting Chelsea from selling players to Strasbourg.

Despite having multi-club ownership disputes with Girona and Nice, Manchester City and Manchester United were permitted to compete in European competitions last summer.

That came after they decided not to “permanently or on loan, either directly or indirectly from July 2024 to September 2025.”

Sterling, England’s top earner, has reportedly made £325, 000 per week, and he has since left unsold, along with France international defender Disasi.

Sterling, 30, signed for Arsenal last season but struggled to make an impact while Disasi, 27, signed for Aston Villa for the second half of the campaign on loan.

Both Chelsea and Paris St-Germain both trained in a different “bomb squad” after returning from pre-season and were chosen for the summer’s Fifa Club World Cup competition.

Fulham and Bayer Leverkusen are known to have interested Sterling, but neither team officially expressed their interest, with the forward choosing to relocate to London so that he could raise his family.

Disasi wanted to return to his home country of Monaco, but Chelsea was unable to secure any additional loans, using the last one to secure a loan amount of £14.3 million from Bayern Munich.